'Raya and the Last Dragon': The Story Behind Tuk Tuk, Noi the Con-Baby and More (Exclusive)
, sets up certain expectations: You know that the main character will be Raya, the warrior princess voiced by Kelly Marie Tran, and that you'd better meet a dragon sooner or later.Though the project had been in the works at Disney for six or so years, when 's core team — directors Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, writers Adele Lim and Qui Nguyen and producer Osnat Shurer — came onboard in the past couple years, even those components were still in flux.«This idea of creating a fantasy world based on the cultures of Southeast Asia that felt unique and cool and really interesting was always baked in,» Hall tells ET.